STATES ATTITUDES TOWARDS SPEED LIMITS _Note: This page requires Netscape 1.1 or a browser capable of doing Netscape equivalent tables. If it looks garbaged to you use the plain text version instead_. This chart is designed to show the general attitude of states towed speed limits. The data is sorted by the 65 mph adoption date. 65 When=The date the 65 mph law went info effect. Old Lim.=What the old interstate daytime speed limits were before the mandate State 65 When Old Lim. Speeding Tax New Mexico 87/04/02 70 $125 Oklahoma 87/04/06 70 $70 Colorado 87/04/10 70 $65 Arkansas 87/04/12 75 $100 Nevada 87/04/13 None $45 Miss. 87/04/14 70 $150 Arizona 87/04/15 75 $60 S Dakota 87/04/15 75 $90 Montana 87/04/16 None* $5 Day (energy waste); 70 Night N Dakota 87/04/16 75 $30 N. Hamp. 87/04/16 70 $130 W Virginia 87/04/20 70 $50 Washington 87/04/20 70 $165 Vermont 87/04/22 65 $4/mph over Nebraska 87/04/27 75 $80 Florida 87/04/29 70 $55 + $4/mph over Illinois 87/04/29 70 $75 Missouri 87/05/01 70 $125 Idaho 87/05/02 70 $70 Tennessee 87/05/08 75 $25 Louisiana 87/05/09 70 $85 Texas 87/05/09 70 $100 Iowa 87/05/12 75 $90 Kansas 87/05/14 75 $35 + court costs Wyoming 87/05/19 75 $55 Utah 87/05/21 70 $145 California 87/05/28 70 $140 Indiana 87/06/01 70 $85 Kentucky 87/06/08 70 $100 Maine 87/06/12 70 $75 Minnesota 87/06/17 65 $70 Ohio 87/07/15 70 $100 S Carolina 87/07/16 70 $110 Wisconsin 87/07/17 70 $100 Alabama 87/07/20 70 $85 N Carolina 87/08/14 65 $65 Oregon 87/09/27 75 $145 Michigan 87/11/29 70 $55 Alaska 88/01/15 70 $4/mph over Georgia 88/02/22 70 $45 Virginia 88/07/01 70 $60 Mass. 92/01/05 65 $50 + $10/mph over Maryland 95/07/01 70 $60 Penn. 95/07/15 65 $100 New York 95/08/01 65 $70 Delaware N ELIGB! 60 $55 Hawaii NOT! 70 $85 Conn. NOT! 60 $200 R. Island NOT! 60 $100 New Jersey NOT! 60 $70 _* Daytime only, 55 non-interstate/65 interstate night limit_ All of this data comes from official sources: 65 dates: High Risk States, Table 3 Unknown Risk States, Table 4, States at Risk. AHAS Press Release, Nov13 1995. Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Unknown source from the insurance company. Pre-NMSL speed limits: Federal Highway Administration, 1972 (except for NC and NJ) Speeding Tax: NMA Motorist's Guide to State and provinical Traffic Laws, 1994 _Thanks to National Motorist Association (NMA) for proving a lot of this data. They can be contacted at 608/849-6000; nma@motorists.com; or 6678 Pertzborn Road, Dane, Wisconsin 53529 or by visting there home page at http://www.motorists.com/. _ _________________________________________________________________ Related Documents * New States' Attitudes Toward Speed Limits * What Speed Limits Use to Be Related Pages * Speed Limits _________________________________________________________________ Back Home | Start